MOTHER AND CHILD WELFARE ORGANISATION

Registered charity 1156832 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity supports racially minoritised communities in London, focusing on at-risk young people, women, refugees, migrants, prisoners and ex-offenders. It promotes 1. education 2. recreation 3. mental and physical health 4.advice 5.community safety and outreach 6. social welfare. It offers tailored services and skills development to help individuals overcome challenges and build a better future.

Objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY, PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH AND ADVANCE EDUCATION OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN IN POOR COMMUNITIES IN EAST AFRICA AND THE BEM COMMUNITIES IN THE UK BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME SEE FIT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£288k
Latest spending
£264k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £23,595 for the year ended 30 April 2025, resulting in total net assets increasing to £42,236. Unrestricted reserves stood at £4,203, while restricted reserves were £38,033. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts accord with the accounting records and comply with relevant legal and SORP requirements.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £113,069 — grants £113,069 (9); 39% of the £287,559 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £108,372 — grants £108,372 (6); 49% of the £219,161 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £77,053 — grants £77,053 (9); 37% of the £208,115 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/04/2022 (received 08/03/2023, 8 days after the 28/02/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Brent · City Of Westminster · Hammersmith And Fulham · Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£288k£264k
30/04/2024£219k£227k
30/04/2023£208k£204k
30/04/2022£197k£217k
30/04/2021£201k£173k

Common questions

Is MOTHER AND CHILD WELFARE ORGANISATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £23,595 for the year ended 30 April 2025, resulting in total net assets increasing to £42,236. Unrestricted reserves stood at £4,203, while restricted reserves were £38,033. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts accord with the accounting records and comply with relevant legal and SORP requirements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MOTHER AND CHILD WELFARE ORGANISATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MOTHER AND CHILD WELFARE ORGANISATION as a grant recipient include HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIES, DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KING'S FULHAM CHARITY, THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST, The AVOCADO Foundation.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIESFY2025£12kThis grant will expand existing health equity projects, focusing on building confidence in individuals & communities. 3 champions will be recruited and trained
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIESFY2022£10kA programme of wellbeing activities for Somali adults and young people.
DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KING'S FULHAM CHARITYFY2024£9k
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5kTowards their work supporting mental health in women.
The AVOCADO FoundationFY2024£4kGrant awarded at AVOCADO Den Corporate Edition 2024
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIESFY2022£400Small grant to support the wellbeing of staff and volunteers

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation20/06/2025£96kGrant to Mother and Child Welfare organisation
The National Lottery Community Fund08/04/2025£20kSucceed and Thrive
Greater London Authority08/10/2024£33kSomalian Futures (MACWO)
The National Lottery Community Fund08/07/2022£10kStepping Up
The National Lottery Community Fund05/02/2020£9kTea and Story
UK government06/02/2019£10kWomen Side by Side

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITIES WELFARE NETWORK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MOTHER AND CHILD WELFARE ORGANISATION£288k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITIES WELFARE NETWORK FY2025£58k—0unclear—no doubt
WOMEN’S HEALTH MATTERS FY2026£850k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST FY2025£9.7m——unclear—no doubt
SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN FY2025£7.2m——unclear—no doubt
THE MOTHER AND CHILD FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£101k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.